Cartwheel was a scenario that ran in Air Warrior in October, 1999. The basic motivation was to have a scenario based on the WWII aerial battles that took place around the Solomon Islands.
Summary of Frames:
Part 1 Frame 1. Pilot in A6M5 with bomb, 0 kills, 0 assists, 1 bomb hit, shot
down.
Part 2 Frame 1. Pilot in Ki-84, 2 kills, 0 assists, shot down.
Part 2 Frame 2. Pilot in Ki-84, 2 kills, 1 assist, returned to base.
US Navy site on portions of the Solomon Islands campaign: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/guadlcnl/guadlcnl.htm
Wikipedia entry on Operation Cartwheel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cartwheel
by Brooke P. Anderson
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